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Package Case Study
| May 21, 2013

Simple Green packaging redesigned to be more sustainable

New packaging for Simple Green household cleaning products includes a bottle with 25% PCR content and a trigger sprayer made entirely of plastic.
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Materials Product Brief
| May 15, 2013

Tamper-evident food containers

Available in 7 grab-and-go sizes from 8-64 oz., Placon’s Crystal Seal Tamper-Evident plastic thermoformed food containers are 100% recyclable with a patent-pending double-hinged feature that helps minimize the potential of food tampering.
Materials Product Brief
| April 23, 2013

Food-grade rPET resin

LNO w resin from Phoenix Technologies is a new food-grade, melt-extruded rPET pellet with good color and cost attributes that is suitable for ambient/cold/frozen applications, as well as personal care products.
Package Case Study
| April 2, 2013

PCR PET is central to OtterBox redesign

The outer carton boasts a ‘beautiful opaque yellow’ while the inner tray that holds the cell phone protector is made of up to 100% post-consumer recycled PET.
Materials Product Brief
| February 18, 2013

Foldable beverage bottle/carton

Combidome from SIG Combibloc combines the best features of an aseptic carton pack with the best features of a bottle to provide unique differentiation for any beverage, and can produce 12,000 carton packs/hour.
Materials Product Brief
| February 8, 2013

Thermoformed pallet tray

Innovative Plastech’s Sell Stack is a thermoformed pallet tray that is said to significantly improve upon the conventional corrugated fiberboard typically used to ship, store, and display bottles and cans, while creating an unobstructed view of products for shoppers.
Materials Product Brief
| January 15, 2013

EarthAware™ biodegradable and recycled film bags for greater sustainability

Data sheets from Automated Packaging Systems provide details of the EarthAware lines of biodegradable and recycled poly-film bags.
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Package Case Study
| December 11, 2012

Nourish organic skincare line rooted in earth-friendly benefits

While product uses 100% organic ingredients, packaging contains a minimum of 25% recycled content and is recyclable.
News
| December 3, 2012

U.S. demand for PCR plastic to reach 3.5 billion lb in 2016

While demand for PCR plastic is set to grow 6.5% in the U.S. in the next four years, the overall rate of recycling will remain low—less than 7% of the total plastic demand.
Klockner Pentaform SmartCycle film
Materials Product Brief
| November 30, 2012

PET films use 100% PCR content

The Pentaform SmartCycle film product line from Klockner Pentaplast has been extended to include Pentaform SmartCycle PET films consisting of 100% post-consumer-recycled (PCR) content.

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